Hey HN! I'm Lane, the creator of Boot.dev.
A couple years ago I was working as an engineering manager, and my wife was working as an x-ray tech. Frankly, she was a bit jealous of the work-life balance I had, the pay, the work from home, etc. I started looking for a program she could take online to get into coding and was super disappointed.
It seemed like everywhere I looked, at least a few of the following problems were present:
- Bootcamps are expensive and risky
- Video courses don't have you to writing enough code
- Many curriculums weren't structured in linear paths
- CS concepts were skipped over, dropping students straight into hot new frameworks
- Old languages and technologies were being used, when more modern alternatives exist (Why would I want to learn Python 2??)
Anyhow, I started building boot.dev about 2 years ago, and just have been plugging away at it on the side of my full-time job. I'm excited to hear any feedback :)
A couple years ago I was working as an engineering manager, and my wife was working as an x-ray tech. Frankly, she was a bit jealous of the work-life balance I had, the pay, the work from home, etc. I started looking for a program she could take online to get into coding and was super disappointed.
It seemed like everywhere I looked, at least a few of the following problems were present:
- Bootcamps are expensive and risky - Video courses don't have you to writing enough code - Many curriculums weren't structured in linear paths - CS concepts were skipped over, dropping students straight into hot new frameworks - Old languages and technologies were being used, when more modern alternatives exist (Why would I want to learn Python 2??)
Anyhow, I started building boot.dev about 2 years ago, and just have been plugging away at it on the side of my full-time job. I'm excited to hear any feedback :)